15 Now when the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho opposite him saw him, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they came to meet him and bowed themselves to the ground before him. 16 They said to him, “Behold now, there are with your servants fifty strong men, please let them go and search for your master; perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and cast him on some mountain or into some valley.” And he said, “You shall not send.” 17 But when they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, “Send.” They sent therefore fifty men; and they searched three days but did not find him. 18 They returned to him while he was staying at Jericho; and he said to them, “Did I not say to you, ‘Do not go’?” |
19 Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold now, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad and the landhis unfruitful.” 20 He said, “Bring me a new jar, and put saltiin it.” So they brought it to him. 21 He went out to the spring of water and threw saltjin it and said, “Thus says the LORD, ‘I havekpurified these waters; there shall not be from there death orlunfruitfulness any longer.’” 22 So the waters have beenmpurified to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke. |
23 Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!” 24 When he looked behind him and saw them, he cursed them in the name of the LORD. Then two female bears came out of the woods and tore up forty-two lads ofntheir number. 25 He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria. |
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